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Lions International - Lions Club San Petronio of Bologna, Italy

Written by Lions International - "Note the enthusiasm and appreciation of Marco Zollo for the beautiful item that was donated by Lions Club San Petronio Bologna.
Now the roads will no longer be a problem and he will be able to go to his many activities in peace and security."
WE SERVE !

Thank you once again to Lions International for your amazing work with blind and visually impaired people. A donation of UltraCanes to local blind and VI people to assist and support them in their mobility. Great to have you all on board and welcome to the Worldwide UltraCane family.

Lions International and UltraCane do it again........

Lions International of Lyon Mont D'Or and the Gallieni Centre for Blind in Villeurbanne, France have donated five UltraCanes to blind and visually impaired people at the Gallieni Centre. We are so proud of the work we do with an amazing organisation like Lions International and we welcome the five new UltraCane users to the UltraCane family.

We can't tell you how proud we are right now...... LIons International of Merano, Italy showcased the UltraCane at the Minetti Concert in Merano Italy. Thank you so much to Lions International of Merano, for supporting the UltraCane and choosing to donate them to local blind and visually impaired people. We are truly humbled.....

So, the UltraCane is coming to Hawaii !!! Well actually the Field Museum's - The Machine Inside (Biomechanics) is coming to Hawaii, but they are exhibiting the UltraCane as part of the Biomimicry exhibit. This is a wonderful travelling museum exhibition but its not just about bats, echolocation and UltraCanes, its about many other things too including dinosaurs and big giraffes!! A great day out for kids and families with a very hands-on experience and you can read more and see more about it here. http://www.bishopmuseum.org/biomechanics/

CBEL Lions - France 2016

We are so proud and pleased to be supported by CBEL Lions in France. Here are two more happy recipients of an UltraCane given to them by CBEL Lions team in October 2016.

Its always nice to hear users commenting on their experiences of using the UltraCane. We were contacted recently by a customer in Ireland, Gary Worn, who purchased an UltraCane in June 2016 and decided to relay his experiences of using the UltraCane through the NCBI's technology podcast. You can listen to Gary's views here: http://www.ncbi.ie/technology-podcast-episode-54-november-2016/

Watch our Canadian Distributor - Chawky Moussa talking about the UltraCane on 'Ca Me Regarde' TV, Season 2 episode 36. Click on the link below and move the slider to 13:40 for the section on the UltraCane (unless that is you want to watch the programme from the beginning!) http://www.amitele.ca/…/une-autre-facette-de-gerald-cousine…

What a great article about Narelle, an UltraCane user and client of Guide Dogs in Queensland. We are so pleased that the UltraCane has made a huge difference to your life Narelle.

Welcome to Lions de France

We would just like to say a very big hello and welcome to the UltraCane family to six new UltraCane users all of whom have received an UltraCane donated by Lions International in France. Thank you also to Clubs de Bergerac Terre de Vignes, Marmande Doyen, Libourne Doyen, Bordeaux Bruges Estuaires, Bordeaux Entre deux Mers and Les Lions du Sud-Ouest for your very generous gifts. Here are just some of the new users.

We are very pleased that our friends at Lions de France - Delegation Sud-Ouest have been able to offer an UltraCane to a valued member of their community to assist them in their daily living. Thank you for your support.

We love that word! And we love this two minute clip which shows how patents developed in nature are now advancing modern technology and of course, the UltraCane is on there too! Just two minutes of your time to watch the complete clip. Thanks to www.curiosity.com for sharing this. Enjoy.....https://youtu.be/pynSWVdphH4

Star Wars!

OK so the UltraCane didn't quite make it onto the set of the new Star Wars film, but at least this Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala got to try one! Thanks to our friend and UltraCane user Geoff for allowing us to use the image.

UltraCane and Biomimicry in the News again

The UltraCane and UltraBike are in the news again this time the Biomimcry News in Israel. But if you can't read it in the native language, you can read below the article in English and don't forget to watch or listen to the video clip of Ben Underwood a blind boy in California who uses his tongue to make clicking sounds to help him navigate his world.http://biomimicrynews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/blog-post.html

QAC Sight Village Birmingham 2015

If you could not attend the QAC Sight Village event this last week in Birmingham, then fear not! You can listen to Insight Radio's podcasts and learn about the products and services that were on offer there. Oh and look out for our very own Julie Davies talking about the UltraCane! Click here to listen.

Guide Dogs Queensland warns its members to be aware of the new rule in Brisbane which allows vehicles approaching the 'red signal' to stop and give way to pedestrians, but then they can turn left on the red signal if safe to do so. Blind and visually impaired people in Brisbane are being cautioned when walking across pedestrian crossings and road crossings to be alert to this new rule.

"No need to tap to identify obstacles. Yesterday, at the town hall of the ninth, forty people experienced a brand new white stick called, the Ultracane. The test, organized by (EPC), an offshoot of the Lions Club, was intended to provide insight of the possibilities offered by this tool.

The cane is equipped with radar located near the hand. One points down, the other horizontal. They detect obstacles up to 4 m and emit vibrations greater or lesser depending on the height and distance of the found objects. "This cane is a real plus for the blind," said Gilles Fiszenson, a member of EPC. "It is very easy to use," adds Jean-Claude Chassain, one of the participants test.

Today at the regional office in Townsville of Guide Dogs Queensland, they have a special event for locals who are vision impaired to have a vision assessment and receive advice on how their services and low vision aids can improve their mobility and independence. Great to see them with the UltraCane. Thanks guys.

Its nice to know that whenever organisations talk about Biomimicry (the design and production of devices that are modelled on biological entities), that they always talk about the UltraCane when they discuss bats and how they use ultrasound when flying around in the dark. So a very big thank you to all those organisations and individuals involved in Biomimicry that cite the UltraCane in their articles. Here is just one of them:http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2014/06/10/bat-cane-helps-the-blind-see-biomimicry/

UltraCane Book now on Sale at Amazon - From Bat Sonar to Canes for the Blind

The early development of the UltraCane has been captured and presented in a book format for those interested in seeing how ultrasound technology used by bats has been used to assist people with no vision and people who are partially sighted to walk around safely using the same ultrasound technology now incorporated into a long white cane. The book can be purchased from Amazon or you can contact us directly for a copy.

UltraBike Comes Back Home to Harrogate.

You may have seen our UltraBike kit on display at the Science Museum in London, well now it has arrived back home in Harrogate. UltraCane would like to take this opportunity of thanking the Science Museum in London for exhibiting this new invention. We had a great deal of interest from visitors who saw the exhibit, but just in case you missed it, here are the images again:

UltraCane helps students at Bosnian school for the blind move forward with confidence.

In a new initiative, UltraCane is helping four young students from the Centre for Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Youth in Sarajevo to improve their mobility at home and in school. A year long loan of four UltraCanes has been arranged for the Centre through UltraCane distributor Kenan Maglajlija from Asistansia. Over the year their teacher, Professor Azur Kuduzovic will monitor the impact the UltraCane has on the students' mobility, confidence and independence in different situations.

Instructions for Use for the UltraCane in German.

We have been asked a great deal if we could publish our instructions for use in foreign languages. So here is the first of many - Instructions for Use for the UltraCane in German.

Thank you to Sensage EU for their link to our product. The overall aim of SensAge (Lifelong Learning Needs for Ageing People with Sensory Disabilities) is to become the reference point within the European Union for developments in lifelonglearning and enablement for ageing people with sensory disabilities in order to maintain their independence and to improve their quality of life.http://www.sensage.eu/knowledge-base-article/detail/2423- Sensage

Technological Advances Helping Blind Bosnian Student

Here is an article written about a student in Bosnia who uses an UltraCane and is studying English at the "Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Youth". The article relates to the challenges she faces being a young student and being blind, but how technology is helping her to be more independent and confident. http://www.avaz.ba/vijesti/teme/americka-studentica-zeli-biti-profesorica

UltraCane Keeps Undergraduate in the Fast Lane......

Read here about Patrick Elliott-Walker's experience of using the UltraCane for the first time around his university campus.

The UltraCane is hitting the headlines again, but this time in the USA. An exhibition has just opened in Chicago, Illinois at the Field Museum entitled The Machine Inside: Biomechanics. The UltraCane is being featured in the Biomimicry section and details the connection between ultrasound used by bats to detect obstacles in their flight path and how this same technology is now being incorporated into the UltraCane, assisting people who are blind or visually impaired. The exhibition will run from March 2014 until January 2015.

Rebecca Hoyle is running in this year's Virgin London Marathon, please support her!

This year we have decided to support the charity 'Blind in Business' who support and assist young blind and visually impaired people in their search for jobs. Rebecca Hoyle who is the daughter of the UltraCane inventor - Professor Brian Hoyle, is running in this year's Virgin London Marathon and is raising money for Blind in Business. Please support her if you can in raising money for a very important charitable cause and help assist visually impaired young people into jobs. You can make a donation by following this link: https://www.justgiving.com/ULTRACANE

We were so excited this morning when we spotted the "Miracles of Nature" programme presented by Richard Hammond being shown on the BBC's CBBC channel. You can see another clip of it here featuring the UltraCane and UltraBike and of course, how bats fly around in the dark and navigate using ultrasound.

MaMoMi Initiative is a non profit organisation founded by Andrew Mashigo in 2010 to provide interpretation of art to people who are visually impaired by organising "Touch Tours" and similar events at Museums, Galleries and Heritage/Cultural attractions. Check the website out here: http://www.mamomiinitiative.com/

Deutsch-ideen Sprach- und Lesebuch No. 6 2013

A new German textbook for schools across Germany is now including an article about the UltraCane. So millions of German children will be learning how the use of ultrasound by bats is now being used to help people who are blind and visually impaired to navigate their world too by using the UltraCane. http://www.ultracane.com/download/Deutschideen Textbook 6 2013.pdf

"Science & Vie Decouvertes" Magazine 2013

The UltraCane is now featured in this French magazine designed for children. It features information on how bats use ultrasound to detect obstacles in the dark and how this same technology is now helping people who are blind and visually impaired to navigate their world too. It also features an image of Lucy our UltraCane user from Wales. See it here: French Science Magazine 2013.pdf

Listen to Ruth Badley from UltraCane talking to InfoSound about the UltraBike.

Check out the public lecture given by Professor Brian Hoyle, inventor of the UltraCane if you are in the Cumbria area on the 23rd October 2013 between 4pm and 6pm at Energus, Workington, Cumbria CA14 4AW and see here for information about the talk: http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/26695467

Guide Dogs Queensland showing UltraCane today in Brisbane, Australia.

The UltraCane was exhibited at the Brisbane Mobility Expo by Guide Dogs Queensland as part of their mobility awareness programme.

"UltraBike" for Blind Cyclists Unveiled at RNIB Conference

A bicycle that uses ultrasonic sensors to detect obstacles in a cyclists path was unveiled at the recent RNIB Technology for LIfe Conference in Glasgow on Friday 6th September 2013. The two day technology conference is exploring how new technology can transform the lives of blind and partially sighted people. Ken Reid - Chair of RNIB Scotland trialled the UltraBike around the Science Park. Watch the BBC news footage here and listen to what Ken Reid thinks of the UltraBike. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-23978604

RNIB Technology for Life Conference - Glasgow 2013

Julie Davies from UltraCane talking to Simon Pauley from Insight Radio about the UltraBike during the RNIB Technology for LIfe conference last week. Listen to the discussion here soon. We will put the link up when the podcast is ready.

Disability Horizons - UltraBike Article

The world's first independent cycle event for people who are blind or visually impaired. Check out what our cyclists had to say to Disability Horizons about the event.

Accessible Bikes! The UltraBike listed in the top 6 most accessible bikes.

Check out what "About Assistive Technology" think of the new UltraBike - harnessing the power of ultrasound, it enables people who are blind or visually impaired the means to cycle independantly around a cycle track.

If you missed your chance at having a ride on the UltraBike along the Bristol Amphitheatre during July, then don't worry, we will be having lots more cycle events around the country and you can register your interest by emailing us at [email protected] and put the word ultrabike in the header. Here are some very happy cyclists from Bristol and a very big thank you to Life Cycle UK for organising such a great event.

Life Cycle UK teamed up with UltraCane to organise a world's first cycle event for blind and visually impaired people. The UltraBike, which was featured on the Miracles of Nature BBC series with Richard Hammond, was used to allow visually impaired cyclists the chance to ride independently around a cycle track in Bristol on June 22nd. Five UltraBike kits were developed for the event which emit ultrasound to detect obstacles and in this case the barrier of the cycle track, which allowed safe navigation around the track. Read more about the event here: http://ablemagazine.co.uk/blind-cyclists-set-to-make-history-in-bristol-during-big-green-week/ or watch the BBC news programme here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OFP4td3wFA

BBC Summer of Wildlife

We are so excited to be a part of the BBC Summer of Wildlife kicking off in Cardiff on the 15th June 2013 at the National Museum of Wales. The UltraCane will be demonstrated at the event and visitors can try the UltraCane round an obstacle course. Our "UltraBike" will also be featured at the event and talks will be given detailing what Bats and UltraCanes have in common??? Yes you guessed it, "Echolocation". We will have free giveaways for the children and families who participate. For more information on the BBC roadshow events, please see here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo/activity/bbc-summer-of-wildlife-activities-and-stage-shows/occurrence/273914

The UltraCane made a show in Sarajevo on the 3rd December 2012 at the International Day of Persons with Disabilities City Walk. The walk was supported by several hundred members of associations, federations and other organisations representing persons with disabilities. Organizers were the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and nongovernmental organizations of persons with disabilities in the Federation, the participants were led by people in wheelchairs. The route was through central city streets, from the Cathedral to the building of institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Photo taken from the Miracles of Nature programme, 12th November 2012 presented by Richard Hammond. Dan Smith is completely blind but rides a bike through a woodland pathway using ultrasound to detect trees and other obstacles whilst cycling. The "UltraBike" uses the same ultrasound technology that is incorporated into the UltraCane and features components of the UltraCane in its design.

Miracles of Nature - Blind Cyclist, Dan Smith talks to Bristol University Press about his experience on the "UltraBike"........

Richard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very frontier of science. Programme 2 in the series looks at 'Super Senses' including how bats use ultrasound to detect pray and obstacles in their path and how this very same method is now being used in the UltraCane so that blind and visually impaired people can locate obstacles in their path and at head height, allowing them to travel more safely and confidently. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nzd9t